swerve
verb (used without object)
to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
had been swerving
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past perfect progressiveof swerve.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Officers stopped the unmarked bus with tinted windows because it had been swerving, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright emphasized at a Monday morning press conference that police officers stopped the unmarked, “Greyhound-like bus” with tinted windows because it had been swerving.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
Park Police pulled over a silver-blue Lincoln Continental that had been swerving and speeding without headlights near the Jefferson Memorial in Washington.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2021
Witnesses reported that the car Calero was driving had been swerving on and off the road before striking Ososanya’s vehicle, prosecutors said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2018
Weger said Hart, who, according to published reports, remains on paid leave, treated her like a career criminal after pulling her over in November to investigate a citizen’s complaint that she had been swerving.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2017
